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the 9th day:第九日

2017

Should you play it?

The story of The 9th Day, that started with the autumn fire incident, begins here…

What works

  • Emotional and touching story
  • Multiple story routes with character depth
  • High-quality music and atmosphere
  • Unique narrative premise
  • Affordable price for content length

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited gameplay interaction
  • Some voice acting issues
  • Short and repetitive routes
  • Lack of customization and exploration
  • Minor technical bugs and ui limitations

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • 恋爱关系/Romance

  • Lingering Fragrance

  • Supipara - Chapter 1 Spring Has Come!

  • Letters From a Rainy Day -Oceans and Lace-

  • KARAKARA2

  • LoveKami -Useless Goddess-

More autonomous

Games that feels like the 9th day:第九日 but with more freedom over how you play

  • 枕边少女 MOE Hypnotist - share dreams with you

  • Koi Musubi

  • Endless Jade Sea -Midori no Umi-

  • Epiphyllum in Love

  • Hamidashi Creative

  • Tiny Snow

Less idle-friendly

Games that feels like the 9th day:第九日 but with less of an idle filler feel

  • Your Smile Beyond Twilight:黄昏下的月台上

  • True Love ～Confide to the Maple～

  • Leaflet Love Story

  • Putrika 1st.cut:The Reason She Must Perish

  • NEKOPARA After

  • Lost in Secular Love

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

the 9th day:第九日: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Strategy, Competence, Experimenting, Survival. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Growth. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Autonomy.

Last update: 03/08/2026